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Edlin Commands 167
Examples:
^^^
Suppose the following file exists and is ready for editing:
1:
Dear
Mr.
Dimm,
2:
^-v
3:
I
was
sorry
to
hear
of
your
recent
'
'
4: hospita1ization due to electrical
5:
shock
from
our
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Automatic
6:
Pencil
Sharpener.
f^)
7:
8:
As
a
result
of
your
accident,
we
9:
are
redesigning
our
manual
to
^m.
10:
warn
our
customers
against
trying
f
i
11:
to
sharpen
metal
objects.
12:
13:
Sincerely,
f
15:
I.R. Sharpe, President
^-v
To search for the first occurrence of the word to, type the com-
Searching for a word
'
mand 2,12 sto and press the return key. Edlin displays the fol-
in a file
lowing lines:
{~*)
3:
I was sorry to hear of your recent
To get the to in line 4, modify the S command by pressing del F3
{***}
followed by the return key. The search continues at the line after
the current line (i.e., the search starts at line 4), because you
deleted the first line number in the template. The result is:
■
'
4:
hospitalization
due
to
electrical
^-.
To search through several occurrences of a string until the
(
'
correct string is found, type the command 1, ? sto
The result is:
(0m\
3:
I
was
sorry
to hear
of
your
recent
O.K.?_
^-s
If you press any key (except Y or the return key), the search
continues, so type TV here:
_
O.K.?
n
Continue:
(*~\
4:
hospi tal izat ion due to electrical
OK?
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